Chapter 278: You Didn’t Even Get Arrested for Not Paying for Your Meal
came over, and the Peach Blossom Sect disciple’s Dao Heart shattered directly.
They never expected that the Flying Sparrow Sect, a sect focused on artifact refining, would have pills as if they were free.
Luo Xinyao and the others had only come to collect this batch of magic treasures from the Flying Sparrow Sect.
They were not key figures in the Peach Blossom Sect.
Chen Miaomiao led them into the restaurant and treated them to a meal.
The delicious and affordable mortal delicacies made their eyes widen.
There were already players selling gourmet food in the Peach Blossom Sect, but the ones in the Wang’an County restaurant were even more authentic.
Chen Miaomiao didn’t reveal too many important secrets to them.
She only asked for some basic information about the Peach Blossom Sect.
The Sect Master of the Peach Blossom Sect was no match for the Sect Master of the Flying Sparrow Sect, only being at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.
However, being at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage was still an overwhelming presence in this place.
Moreover, it wasn’t far away, just in Cave Demon Valley.
Chen Miaomiao asked these disciples to return and find a way to notify the Sect Master of the Peach Blossom Sect, as their Longevity Sect had matters to discuss with the Sect Master.
The other party was at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, so Chen Miaomiao thought for a moment and had the System notify the players in Cave Demon Valley, and then notify the Flying Sparrow Sect disciples to ask them to find an intermediary to come back.
That would be Senior Sister Dong Yulan of the Flying Sparrow Sect.
Being at the same Late Foundation Establishment Stage, she had influence with the Sect Master of the Peach Blossom Sect.
The transaction back then was also agreed to by Dong Yulan herself, so it was most appropriate for her to handle it.
She treated the people from the Peach Blossom Sect to a banquet and, knowing the principle of treating guests well, also gave each of them two bottles of local specialty spirit wine.
This was considered a generous gift.
This also became famous in the Peach Blossom Sect.
Luo Xinyao and Lin Qian left in a daze, not expecting that a Senior Sister at the Foundation Establishment Stage like Chen Miaomiao would be so gentle and polite, treat them so well, and even give gifts…
The locals of Yunzhou Continent, who rarely experienced such “sugar-coated bullets,” swore that they would find a way to notify their Sect Master!
After they left, the System asked Chen Miaomiao, “Are you going to cooperate directly with the Peach Blossom Sect?”
Chen Miaomiao nodded.
System: “What if she doesn’t agree?”
Chen Miaomiao pointed to the Flying Sparrow Sect: “If the Sect Master of the Peach Blossom Sect is a smart person, she will know that their sect’s pills will be in an awkward position in the future.”
They would inevitably compete with the pills from the Longevity Sect.
But the Longevity Sect had another method.
Their players could now infiltrate far-off places, so they didn’t necessarily have to dump their pills locally.
However, the Peach Blossom Sect was right next door.
If they didn’t consolidate their position soon, the players would not be able to sleep soundly.
The visit of the Peach Blossom Sect disciples this time was an excellent opportunity.
Instead of them going to promote their products themselves.
System: “She could also choose to report you.”
“She won’t,” Chen Miaomiao shook her head with certainty. “Having cooperated stably with the Flying Sparrow Sect for so many years, people from small sects tend to have a mindset of living peacefully. Curiosity will outweigh everything. She will at least come to see for herself how I achieved this, as they are cultivators.”
“At that time, I will have other ways to persuade her,” Chen Miaomiao said with great certainty. “Although I think the probability of an accident is small, you can use data to calculate it. Moreover, if the most undesirable accident truly occurs, I will seek help from Senior Zhai Xiaotian.”
The System sighed, “Amazing.”
To even be able to invite Zhai Xiaotian.
Chen Miaomiao sat in the restaurant for a while, and a faint scoffing sound reached her ears: “Little girl, you have quite a few clever tricks.”
Chen Miaomiao looked up.
It was the old man who had arrived a few days ago.
He was very mysterious, with unfathomable strength, but he hadn’t actually done anything.
Zhai Xiaotian had accidentally met him once, and at that time, Zhai Xiaotian’s expression was very serious.
Clearly, anyone could see that the old man was troublesome.
Fortunately, he really hadn’t done anything, so everyone could only turn a blind eye.
— This old man hadn’t paid for his meals at the restaurant for the past few days!
Chen Miaomiao said seriously, “Senior, this is not a clever trick, but a reasonable suggestion.”
“Such secret techniques are generally not something a sect would hand out,” the old man looked at her suspiciously. “You still want to cooperate with other sects? Is your sect that kind-hearted?”
The Flying Sparrow Sect and the Longevity Sect mixing together was already strange enough.
With two such sects, as long as one side was stronger, they should have long ago annexed the other and been done with it.
But the Longevity Sect was currently generally stronger than the Flying Sparrow Sect, yet they hadn’t tried to forcibly annex the Flying Sparrow Sect.
Moreover, the treatment they gave their disciples was also incredibly good.
All these actions were things the old man had never seen before.
Chen Miaomiao simply said, “Cooperation leads to mutual benefit.”
Besides, they were too few in number.
“Mutual benefit? Where does mutual benefit come from? What do you want to win?”
The old man spoke very impolitely, asking whatever came to his mind.
But Chen Miaomiao had already grasped some of his temper, and when he asked about the crucial point, she stopped talking.
The old man flicked his sleeve and said, “I’ll find out sooner or later!”
At this moment, he seemed like an old man bickering with Chen Miaomiao.
He flicked his robe and left.
After a while, he arrived at the entrance of a secluded alley.
The buildings here had been transformed by players into old-fashioned alleys, covered with moss. Beside them was a man-made lake, its water rippling, giving the path a misty, southern China feel.
Many players liked to bring umbrellas on rainy days to pose and take pictures here.
Most of the residents here were also players.
“Grandpa.”
Seeing him arrive, a mortal little girl at the end of the alley, holding a string of candied hawthorn bigger than her face made by players, stood on tiptoe and said, “Here you go!”
The old man took it without politeness and took a bite. He then squatted down, not particular about it, and spoke at the little girl’s height, “Are you done with school?”
“Done with school” was how the disciples referred to it.
The little girl nodded vigorously. “I’m done. I have less homework today, so I came out to play.”
It was rare to not have homework, and the little girl, who had to study several subjects every day, was very distressed.
It wasn’t just her; the school was getting more and more crowded lately, and even the cultivators, big sisters, were coming to learn.
The little girl curiously asked why, and the big sister told her without any hesitation, “Because I can’t see, there are many things to learn.”
But how could she not see!
How could an immortal like her not see!
“This candied hawthorn tastes good, where did you get it?”
The little girl said, “It’s a snack from school. I saw them eating a few when they were stringing them. They told me not to eat too many, saying I’d get cavities, so I gave it to you.”
Old man: “…”
The little girl was, after all, a mortal and had grown up in the Flying Sparrow Sect. The disciples of the Flying Sparrow Sect were usually good-tempered, but they didn’t interact much with mortals. However, the disciples of the Longevity Sect were incredibly kind and doted on minors. The little girl, having not experienced the harshness of the world, cautiously asked the old man, “Grandpa, you must be a very powerful immortal, right?”
The old man narrowed his eyes. “How do you know?”
The little girl said innocently, “Because you ate at the restaurant without paying, and the big brothers and sisters from the Longevity Sect didn’t arrest you, so you must be very powerful.”
Old man: “…”
